Student discovers bag of meth during reading time

A student at a Sacramento elementary school discovered a bag of meth that was brought to the school by a 6-year-old student.

The Sacramento Sheriff’s Department said that they got a call from Ethel Baker Elementary School near Fruitridge Road in Sacramento reporting that a student found white powder on the carpet during reading time on Wednesday.

A test determined that the substance was meth, sheriff’s deputies said.

During the investigation, deputies determined that it belonged to a 6-year-old child who told authorities he brought the bag from home.

Then boy’s father, identified as Gonzalo Meza, was arrested near the school site when he arrived to pick up his son.

Meza was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on possession and child endangerment charges.

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